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In Syria, America's National Interests Do Not Coincide With Israel's

Sarwar Kashmeri | Posted 05.06.2013 | World
Sarwar Kashmeri

There is no compelling national interest that requires American intervention in Syria's civil war. In fact, such an intervention would be a strategic error.

Hagel: U.S. Considering Arming Syria Rebels

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 05.02.2013 | World

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is rethinking its opposition to arming rebels opposed to the Syrian government, Defense Secretary Chuck Ha...

Time For Some American Shock and Awe in Syria

Sarwar Kashmeri | Posted 04.29.2013 | World
Sarwar Kashmeri

The clamor among the hawkish segment of Washington lawmakers to get the United States involved militarily in Syria gets louder by the day.

Hagel: U.S. Committed To Israel's Military Superiority

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 04.23.2013 | World

TEL AVIV, Israel — U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel assured Israel on Monday that the Obama administration is committed to preserving and impr...

Hagel's First Step on Defense

William Hartung | Posted 04.03.2013 | Politics
William Hartung

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel struck the right themes in his first major address, delivered today at the National Defense University. The question now is whether he can follow through with new policies.

Obama Visit to Israel Key Link in Redesign of U.S. Foreign Policy

Sarwar Kashmeri | Posted 03.25.2013 | World
Sarwar Kashmeri

It would be a mistake to view President Obama's visit to Israel as just a fence-mending exercise. It is in fact part of a planned redesign of U.S. foreign policy that will change the face of American leadership around the world.

What the North Korean Missile Interceptors Are Really All About

Daniel Wagner | Posted 05.18.2013 | World
Daniel Wagner

The announcement last week by Defense Secretary Hagel that the U.S. will, over the coming months, deploy additional anti-ballistic missile interceptors in Alaska and on America's west coast is not really what it is being portrayed as.

Large Explosion Reported In Kabul During Hagel Visit

Reuters | Posted 03.09.2013 | World

KABUL, March 9 (Reuters) - A blast was heard in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday during a visit by U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. The expl...

Hagel Makes First Trip To Afghanistan

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 05.08.2013 | World

KABUL, Afghanistan — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel arrived in Afghanistan Friday for his first visit as Pentagon chief, saying that there are pl...

How Obama Beat the Israel Lobby

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 05.06.2013 | Politics
MJ Rosenberg

I am not one for admitting I am wrong, but sometimes the evidence is so overwhelming that I have to say it. I was wrong. Specifically I have been repeatedly wrong when I said that the Israel lobby could not be defeated unless and until the President of the United States confronted it directly.

Obama Clings to his Three No's on the Syrian Crisis

Raghida Dergham | Posted 05.01.2013 | World
Raghida Dergham

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has dispelled some of the ambiguity surrounding the second Obama administration's policy towards Syria during his E...

The Chuck Hagel Bombshell

Sarwar Kashmeri | Posted 04.20.2013 | Politics
Sarwar Kashmeri

It is the death throes of the neoconservatives' hold on United States foreign policy that makes the confirmation of Hagel and the installation of the Biden-Kerry-Hagel team so critically important for the United States and the world.

Friday Talking Points -- Filibusted

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.17.2013 | Politics
Chris Weigant

Our Most Impressive Democrat Of The Week was Representative Zoe Lofgren, who (with a Republican co-sponsor) this week introduced legislation to regulate the use of drones for domestic police work.

Sam Stein

GOP Taking Extraordinary Action Against Hagel

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.14.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans are following through on their threat to filibuster former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.), President Barack Obama's nomine...

Bruised Hagel Emerges With Solid Support

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 04.03.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — The White House on Friday dismissed criticism of Chuck Hagel's hesitant congressional testimony and insisted that it expects the Se...

Obama Nominee Facing Tough Questions

Posted 01.31.2013 | Politics

By DONNA CASSATA, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Republican Chuck Hagel, President Barack Obama's nominee for defense secretary, is facing GOP...

The Nintendo Warriors Rise Again

William S. Becker | Posted 03.25.2013 | Politics
William S. Becker

The lesson of Vietnam is not that the United States should never go to war. It's that war is a last resort to be used only when there's a damn good reason and peaceful options have been exhausted.

Top Dem Says To Wait On Hagel Count

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 03.24.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Top Senate Republicans said Tuesday they would reserve judgment on Chuck Hagel's nomination until after his confirmation hearing ne...

Hagel Pick Tests Power Of Senate's Resistance To Obama

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 03.20.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — In the middle of a bitter fight over a Republican president's nominee for defense secretary, a former White House occupant pleaded ...

Much Ado About Nothing on Obama's White Guy Appointees

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 03.17.2013 | Politics
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Their tenures in these positions often far out ran the tenure of the president that appointed them. But because they were largely nameless and faceless they got very little attention. Obama's appointments to the judiciary are a near textbook example of that. Few can name any of them.

Strong Hagel Charge Gets Big Blowback

The Daily Beast | Posted 01.14.2013 | Politics

From the beginning, Chuck Hagel’s nomination as secretary of defense has been about more than just the policies he’d pursue at the Pentagon....

An Ambiguous Policy by the New US Administration towards Damascus and Tehran

Raghida Dergham | Posted 03.13.2013 | World
Raghida Dergham

All indications point that the foreign policy of the second Barack Obama Administration will carry two aspects, one implicit and one explicit, moving ...

Four Reasons Chuck Hagel Would Be a Good Secretary of Defense

William Hartung | Posted 03.09.2013 | Politics
William Hartung

Hagel has taken flak from neo-conservatives and other advocates of military overspending for rightly suggesting that the current Pentagon budget is "bloated" and can afford to be cut significantly beyond current plans.

Hagel Nomination Unnerves Some In Israel

AP | AMY TEIBEL | Posted 03.09.2013 | World

JERUSALEM — President Barack Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel as the next U.S. secretary of defense is causing jitters in Israel, where some ci...

Luke Johnson

GOP Senators In 2008: We Heart Hagel

HuffingtonPost.com | Luke Johnson | Posted 01.07.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- GOP senators are now vowing a tough fight against Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel, but in 2008 several top Republicans offered ...